Math · Stage 4
Money: add and subtract amounts, give change, and solve budget problems
Add and subtract dollars and cents, count up the change like a real shopkeeper, and plan a budget so your money is enough.
✦ Math📘 Stage 4 · S4⏱ ~10 min🧒 Ages 8–9★ Free to start
I can add and subtract amounts of money and give change.
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Kavi's Market Day 🛒
It's market day and Kavi has a $10 note to spend 💵. A book is $4.50 and a pen is $2.00. "That's $6.50 spent," hoots Kavi, "so I have $3.50 left — and the shopkeeper counts up to give my change!" Today we add and subtract money, work out change, and plan a budget so the money is just enough.
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What your child will learn
1Add dollars and centsAdd the dollars together, then the cents together, and remember 100¢ = $1. Tap the coins in order from biggest and watch $4.50 and $2.25 build toward the total. Here are the cents that join them: 50¢, 20¢, 5¢.
2Give change by counting upA toy costs $6.40 and you pay with a $10 note. Change = count up from the price to what you paid. These are the change coins and note — tap them: a 50¢, a 10¢, and $1, $1, $1.
3Will the money be enough?A budget is money set aside to spend. You have $8.00. A puzzle is $3.40 and a kite is $4.60. Can you afford both? Add the prices with these coins: 50¢, 20¢, 20¢, 10¢ make the cents.
4Count the tens to 100Change often jumps in tens of cents. Knowing the ten-count to 100 makes change from a dollar fast: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100.
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A peek inside
Add the shopping: a book $4.50 and a pencil case $3.25. How much altogether?
$4 + $3 = $7, then 50¢ + 25¢ = 75¢
Try this at home: Add the money: $3.60 + $2.50 = __
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